Visa shortage undermines ambitions for horticulture sector

14 Mehefin 2022

Martin Emmett

The NFU's Horticulture and Potatoes Board chair Martin Emmett calls on the government to deliver more visas for seasonal workers.

The Home Office has failed to acknowledge the unique challenge of seasonal worker recruitment.

It has taken more than six months to release the extra 10,000 visas announced before Christmas 2021. This has resulted in a pause in recruitment that will have significant consequences for iconic crops such as British apples and winter vegetables.

Mewngofnodwch yma

Mae aelodau NFU Cymru yn cael mwy.

Ymunwch â ni heddiw i ddarllen gweddill yr erthygl yma, a chael cymorth arbenigol yn ogystal a chael cymaint mwy i’ch busnes chi.

Labour

Gofynnwch gwestiwn i ni am y dudalen hon

Unwaith y byddwch wedi cyflwyno’ch ymholiad bydd NFU Cymru yn cysylltu â chi ac, os yw’n briodol, bydd eich cwestiwn yn cael ei drosglwyddo i un o’n timau polisi.